Stargate: Atlantis (TV Series)
Inferno (2006)
Joe Flanigan: Lt. Colonel John Sheppard
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Hopefully we can establish an alliance with them. A ship like that...
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : would come very much in handy now that the Wraith are probably on their way: I know. Uh, I'm gonna get back there now: make sure he's not distracted.
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Distracted?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Ah, well, the lead scientist, uh, she's very, um...
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Hot?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : I was gonna say attractive. But McKay is acting very, uh...
Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : Smitten?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : I was gonna say pathetic.
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Dr. Rodney McKay : It's plenty of time to open a hyperspace window.
[pause]
Dr. Rodney McKay : What? That's my plan. Didn't I tell you about that?
Dr. Carson Beckett : No.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : No, you didn't.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Well, you were too busy running around looking for people.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Well, tell us the damn plan.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Fixing the sublight engines was impossible in the amount of time we had left, they were just too badly damaged, but I devised a sort of a patch that in effect diverts auxiliary power to the hyperdrive. Only enough for a fraction of a second mind you.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : That won't get us very far.
Dr. Rodney McKay : We don't need to go far. Any old orbit will do.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : And then what?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Well, then Norina and I were planning a small dinner for us all, nothing fancy...
Norina : Rodney.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Well, what does he mean then what? Then we won't die horribly.
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Dr. Rodney McKay : ...And, I've uh, discovered the ships name... It's the, um, Hipapheralkus.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : The what?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Yeah, well it appears to have been named after an Ancient general... Hipapheralkus.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Well, we're not calling it that!
Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh good, then what about, um...
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : -And we're not calling it the Enterprise, either!
Dr. Rodney McKay : I wasn't gonna say that! Look, for my second choice, though, I'd go with, um...
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : How about we name it later?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Fine.
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Dr. Rodney McKay : I have a very firm grasp of Ancient technology.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : You've blown up entire planets, Rodney.
Dr. Rodney McKay : That wasn't my fault!
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Dr. Rodney McKay : The long range scanners: that's just what we call them.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : It's from an old TV show...
Dr. Rodney McKay : Yes, yes.
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Elizabeth Weir, Ph. D. : I should head back with you and begin negotiations with the Taranan leader. What's he like?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Oh, you know. He's a guy. Didn't pay much attention. Sorry!
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Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : We don't have time to wait for the Daedelus. How are those engines coming?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Not even close.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Well then I guess we're all going to die.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh, you're doing that on purpose.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : What?
Dr. Rodney McKay : Creating an impossible task that my ego will force me to overcome.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Yes, yes, that's exactly what I'm doing. It has nothing at all to do with saving the lives these people, it's all about you. Get your ass back to work and FIX THOSE DAMN ENGINES!
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Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : So your plan is to not blow a hole in the hangar but to sit here and wait for this cataclysmic eruption to take place.
Dr. Rodney McKay : With the shields and inertial dampeners at full strength, yes.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : I think I may be missing something. Correct me if I'm wrong, but when the volcano erupts, don't we as well?
Dr. Rodney McKay : That's the plan.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : That's the plan?
Dr. Rodney McKay : That's the plan!
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : That plan sucks!
Dr. Carson Beckett : Aye!
Dr. Rodney McKay : This ship will be ejected along with the magma and steam several thousand feet into the air.
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : The ship can survive that?
Dr. Rodney McKay : For exactly 4.1 seconds, yes. Look, the hangar should disintegrate. The moment we're clear, we open a brief hyperspace window, jump to space before the explosion depletes our shields and incinerates us, hmm?
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : [Nervously] OK.
Dr. Rodney McKay : What?
Dr. Carson Beckett : Very clever, Rodney.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Well don't thank me until it works... which it probably won't.
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Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : That ship in the hangar... Maybe McKay can fix it.
Dr. Rodney McKay : Oh, maybe I can fix it, place the pressure squarely on my shoulders for a change!
Lt. Colonel John Sheppard : Well, I've discovered you're pretty good under the threat of impending death!
[McKay pauses, clears throat]
Dr. Rodney McKay : ...I am, actually.
[McKay runs off to the fix the ship]